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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5f2d96a467 --- /dev/null +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Want to contribute? Great! First, read this page (including the small print at the end). + +### Before you contribute +**Before we can use your code, you must sign the +[Google Individual Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla/individual?csw=1) +(CLA)**, which you can do online. + +The CLA is necessary mainly because you own the copyright to your changes, +even after your contribution becomes part of our codebase, so we need your +permission to use and distribute your code. We also need to be sure of +various other things — for instance that you'll tell us if you know that +your code infringes on other people's patents. You don't have to sign +the CLA until after you've submitted your code for review and a member has +approved it, but you must do it before we can put your code into our codebase. + +Before you start working on a larger contribution, you should get in touch +with us first. Use the issue tracker to explain your idea so we can help and +possibly guide you. + +### Code reviews and other contributions. +**All submissions, including submissions by project members, require review.** +Please follow the instructions in [the contributors documentation](http://bazel.io/docs/contributing.html). + +### The small print +Contributions made by corporations are covered by a different agreement than +the one above, the +[Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement](https://developers.google.com/open-source/cla). |